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Jordan "Road master" Spreaders
The Jordan Road masters were another popular version of the Standard line of Spreaders.
The Road Masters featured some options including a new raised up rear deck ( some did not have the deck though ) and most note worthy, a front cab on later models. Road masters still kept the pneumatic operations though. The Road master series used the same wings
and diagonal braces as all the standard models, but some of them received new front blades. These included the small
style common on the A and J spreaders, a high snowplow attachment, with the lower half of the blade able to swing to one
side or another to better control flanging or spreading. Another type of blade is the exact same one on the standard
2-180 models, the small ballast blade. This line was offered from the early 1950s to the early 1960s.
wing as with all Standard models. Another standard feature was either Articulated or Straight wings.
Some roads also added a compressor to the rear deck of the Road Masters later on. Jordan also built Narrow Gauge 42'' units for Canadian National. These had some odd
variations of parts but looked just like a Roadmaster. Some Road Masters also had a small shelf like platform welded to the underframe to hold spare parts and rerailers.
SPMW 4066, built 6-53/ From the collection of John C. LaRue Jr.
SPMW 3515, A typical Roadmaster Spreader. Len Murray Photo
UP 903024, A Roadmaster with the High blade. Len Murray Photo
Narrow Gauge CN 3052 at Whitbourne, Newfoundland on 7-4-73. From the Collection of John C. LaRue Jr.
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